I was looking around researching wifi security and saw that somebody canread somebody else's cookies when they hook up to his LAN via a wirelessaccess point. He says he can view passwords to all sorts of accountsand routinely goes into people's accounts but "doesn't do anything bad."Anyway, what prevents somebody at a hotel from doing the same thing?Could any jackass on a hotel network set up a sniffer and get prettymuch everyone info?

A couple of Premier Inns that I've stayed in have outsourced their wireless to Swisscom. Both of them were unencrypted, so yes, anyone could sniff the traffic if they were in the right place.

Wifi security in Hotels?

Jul 03, 2009 23 Replies

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Rico 17 years ago

Thank you, John

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Rico 17 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion

Yeah, looking for the outside air temp.

Thanks though

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Rico 17 years ago

Thanks especially if the 'engineering' doesn't get too complex.

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Rico 17 years ago

True, it is just getting the data on the LAN. Thanks had not considered this approach until you and others suggested it.

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